By Tom Hussain Pakistan is increasingly confident of making billion-dollar arms sales, headlined by the JF-17 fighters its co-produces with China, as up to six Muslim-majority countries look to upgrade their air forces amid growing geopolitical turbulence and civil wars. A preliminary deal worth US$4 billion was struck last month with the Libyan National Army […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif spoke by telephone on Wednesday with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, discussing regional developments as tensions escalated in the Middle East following warnings from Iran over potential US military action. The phone call comes as Iran warned it would retaliate against US military bases in the […]
Read MoreChief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday (13 January) reaffirmed his government’s commitment to hold the general election and the referendum as scheduled on 12 February, no matter who says what. “No matter who says what, the election will be held on 12 February—not a day before, not a day after,” the Chief Adviser said, […]
Read MoreBy Junaid Kathju India plans to lift long-standing restrictions on Chinese companies bidding for government contracts, a move officials say is aimed at easing shortages and project delays as relations with Beijing show tentative signs of stabilising. The proposal, first reported by Reuters, would roll back curbs, imposed after the two countries’ deadly 2020 border […]
Read MoreBy Biman Mukherji German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s first visit to Asia has raised India’s hopes for a long-awaited trade pact with the European Union as Berlin pushes for deeper engagement with South Asia amid heightened global tensions. Merz began his two-day visit to India on Monday by paying homage to India’s founding father Mahatma Gandhi […]
Read MoreDHAKA, January 13: Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday sought support from the United Nations human rights office to counter a surge of misinformation targeting the February 12 elections. “There has been a flood of misinformation surrounding the elections. It is coming from both foreign media and local sources,” Professor Yunus said during a […]
Read MoreNew Delhi: India’s policy of choosing from where to source defence hardware is driven by national interest, and is not at all ideological, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said in response to a question by NDTV linked to the official visit of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The German leader, who met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]
Read MoreRIYADH: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the Kingdom Ahmad Farooq has conferred the country’s second-highest civilian award on Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Commerce Majid Al-Kassabi for his role in strengthening ties between Islamabad and Riyadh, Pakistan’s Embassy in Saudi Arabia said. Farooq presented the Hilal-e-Pakistan to Al-Kassabi during a meeting in Riyadh, the Saudi Press Agency reported. […]
Read MoreNEW DELHI: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday to push for defense industry cooperation ahead of India’s awaited free trade agreement with the EU. Merz’s two-day trip is his first since taking office in May and he is accompanied by German business leaders. The visit started in Ahmedabad in […]
Read MoreAmid the trade and tariff tensions, US ambassador-designate to India Sergio Gor has said New Delhi remains an essential partner for the United States. The Trump admin official also added that the friendship between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump is ‘very real’. “No partner more essential than India,” said Gor, […]
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